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Because [AT&T] stopped providing the SourceCode to [UNIX] with the advent of [UNIX] [SystemV], the [UCB] continued to develop older versions of [UNIX] and eventually released their variant as [Free] under the [BSDLicense].
AddToMe: the following should be a timeline -- http://www.applelust.com/alust/terminal/archives/terminal041202.shtml is a good reference to take from
-; %%% [4.3BSD_Net/2] : The first ''almost'' clean release. Was released with 6 missing files so it wouldn't need a AT&T [UNIX] licence. (wich
didn't help much anyway).
-; %%% [386BSD] : Bill Jolitz free BSD wich
was the foundation for [NetBSD] and [FreeBSD].
-; %%% [BSD/386] : [BSDi]s first commercial release over wich
they were sued together with University of Carlifornia by UNIX System Laboratories.
+; %%% [4.3BSD_Net/2] : The first ''almost'' clean release. Was released with 6 missing files so it wouldn't need a AT&T [UNIX] licence. (which
didn't help much anyway).
+; %%% [386BSD] : Bill Jolitz free BSD which
was the foundation for [NetBSD] and [FreeBSD].
+; %%% [BSD/386] : [BSDi]s first commercial release over which
they were sued together with University of Carlifornia by UNIX System Laboratories.
; %%% [4.4BSD-Lite] : The ''blessed'' release, everything based on this has a ''get out of jail free'' card thanks to [Novell]. This release is what came out from the USL suit. It has five major [Fork]s:
-;; %%% [FreeBSD] : FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for Intel ia32 compatible, DEC Alpha, and PC-98 architectures. It is derived from BSD UNIX, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
+;; %%% [FreeBSD] : FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for [
Intel]
ia32 compatible, DEC [
Alpha]
, and PC-98 architectures. It is derived from BSD [
UNIX]
, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
;; %%% [NetBSD] : NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like operating system available for many platforms, from 64-bit [Alpha]Servers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices, and even [PlayStation2].
-;; %%% [OpenBSD] : The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.
+;; %%% [OpenBSD] : The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based [
UNIX]
-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.
;; %%% [BSD/OS] : The licensing issue clean commercial [BSDi | http://www.bsdi.com].
-;; %%% [Darwin] : AddToMe
+;; %%% [Darwin] : The core OperatingSystem behind [MacOSX]
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